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Hi Soapmaker, For brewing a safe and tasty kombucha I would always recommend to trust your senses. Good quality kombucha should smell fresh and clean and should taste tangy and only slightly sweetish. If it smells in any way unpleasant, sweaty or musty like old socks or even like old cabbage it...

I've made the experience that during a time when I was on a zero carbohydrate diet I also had zero body odor. Not just the body, but the feces didn't smell either. I was very surprised as I had expected the opposite to happen. My guess is that bacteria feed on the sugars that we eat.

Yes, chickens like them too, and I feed some to the dogs, because they love it as a treat and it's so good for them, but they don't get all of it, I make sure to keep enough for my jello! lol

The farmers markets in rural New Zealand are very small. We have a well established soap lady in the area, so I gave up selling soap for her sake. She was very supportive and friendly with me right from the start, and the soap wasn't my most important product anyway. I make mostly hair shampoo...

They look gorgeous! I've never seen bath bombs at the farmers markets here in New Zealand. Probably most people wouldn't even know what they are. I searched for some info and came across this interesting article which explains the chemistry of it and contains good tips for bath bomb...

Hi Jentlesoaps,there's no need to discard your scobies! There are many uses for them, they are actually very healthy to eat too. My favourite is scoby -jello. Mixed with a little kombucha it can be blended smooth and then added to a storebought jello or prepare your own with gelatine. It has a...